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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Through the Ironwood Curtain.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What effect does the tide have upon the black, algae-stained Kronkel river?
(a) The tide sends great cresting waves up the river which create chaos.
(b) The tide sends ocean salmon back to the place they spawned.
(c) The tide kills fish and wildlife as water rushes in and floods the area.
(d) The tide reverses the river's current and pushes it back into the swamp.

2. What does Richardson like about the possibility of building on the kidari?
(a) It is surrounded by huge stone walls.
(b) It is in the middle of a large village.
(c) It is close to connections for electricity and gas.
(d) It is a good place for the mission plane to land.

3. What is the most powerful family relationship in Sawi culture?
(a) A mother and her grandmother.
(b) A man and his mother-in-law.
(c) Brother to brother.
(d) A man and his wife.

4. How does Yae get from the tree house to the ground?
(a) Yae swings from vines to a nearby tree and then jumps down.
(b) Yae climbs down a long, vine-fastened ladder.
(c) Yae travels from treetop to treetop, rarely touching the ground.
(d) Yae jumps into a soft pile of leaves.

5. Why does Kauwan refuse to help Yae escape his terrible fate?
(a) Kauwan has been promised a wife by one of the village men.
(b) Kauwan is deaf and cannot hear Yae's cry of fear.
(c) Kauwan has been taken away to the jungle by his family.
(d) Kauwan is Yae's brother and has no power.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Patches?

2. What brings the Sawi villagers to a sudden halt when they hear it for the first time?

3. What does Kauwan say that Yae should have given him in order to truly win his protection?

4. What flag flies on the deck of the "super canoe"?

5. Why does Yae's wife, Kautap, throw his stone ax in the river when she hears that her husband has been murdered?

(see the answer key)

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